Heavy metal

The dust cloud on the horizon roils forward blurring the edges of land, of sky. Blue above still, but not for long.

The heavy metal cross leans against a light post. Pieces of welding show remains of a name, a date and today’s wind seems strong enough to have blown the rest of away.

The white paint on the cross is marked with amoebas of rust, bare metal breaking through on the windward edge.

In the distance, flight 2581 fights the wind, lifts off, then curves away into the blue.

North Martin Luther King Boulevard

Lubbock, Texas